Tinubu did not remove subsidy – Keyamo
The Chief Spokesman for the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign, Festus Keyamo, has said President Bola Tinubu did not remove fuel subsidy. According to him, a section of the media is “mischievously twisting the narrative to read that Tinubu’s government has removed subsidy,” despite President Tinubu proclaiming that subsidy was gone while giving his inaugural […]
UNICEF plans new model to tackle Nigeria’s out-of-school children challenge
The United Nations Children Emergency Fund is expected to develop a model to tackle the out-of-school menace in Nigeria by 2027, The PUNCH reports. Though the number of out-of-school children as of May 2023 cannot officially be verified by our correspondent at the time of filing this report, a 2022 report by UNESCO estimated that […]
NAHCON warns pilgrims against patronising unapproved food vendors
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria has warned pilgrims against patronising unapproved food vendors. The Nigerian pilgrims are currently undergoing the Islamic religious rites for the 2023 Hajj in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The commission’s Coordinator in Madina, Alhaji Ibrahim Mahmud, gave the warning in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria, on […]
Atiku presents 118 exhibits in case against Tinubu
A total of 118 exhibits have been presented before the five-member panel of the Presidential Election Petition Court by the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, in his case against President Bola Tinubu. Atiku and the PDP approached the tribunal to challenge the Independent National Electoral Commission’s declaration of Tinubu, who contested under […]
OAU postgraduate student: Memory of the slain comes alive, hotelier bags death sentence
Finally, justice on Tuesday came the way of the family of a Master’s student of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Timothy Adegoke, who was murdered in November 2021. An Osun State High Court passed a death sentence on an Ile-Ife hotelier, Ramon Adedoyin, and two of his staff, BOLA BAMIGBOLA writes The already tense atmosphere […]
Telcos phase out old USSD codes
Telecommunication firms have begun to phase out old Unstructured Supplementary Service Data shortcodes for new harmonised ones as directed by the Nigerian Communications Commission. With this move, famous USSD codes such as *556# are now outdated. Customers of MTN Nigeria told The PUNCH that old USSD prompts now redirect them to a message that reads, […]
North Korea launches ‘spy satellite’
North Korea launched its purported spy satellite Wednesday, the South’s military said, prompting confusion in Seoul as the city briefly issued an evacuation warning in error. South Korea’s military detected the launch of what Pyongyang has described as a military reconnaissance satellite “from Tongchang County area of North Pyongan Province in North Korea, at around […]
Former Man Utd star Nani departs Melbourne Victory
Former Manchester United and Portugal winger Nani has left Melbourne Victory after just 10 league appearances, the Australian club said on Wednesday. The 36-year-old was hailed as one of the A-League’s biggest coups in years when he signed last year but, he did not live up to the hype, failing to score before a serious […]
Wike no longer in PDP, says NEC member
A member of the Peoples Democratic Party’s National Executive Committee, Timothy Osadolor, says the immediate-past governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, is no longer a member of the party, given his conduct before, during and after the 2023 general elections. Osadolor, who gave the hint in a telephone conversation with The PUNCH on Tuesday, noted […]
Review of President Tinubu’s inaugural speech
For many years, Nigeria’s critics have trafficked the rumour that our nation will break apart, even perish. Yet here we are. We have stumbled at times, but our resilience and diversity have kept us going. Our burdens may make us bend at times, but they shall never break us. Instead, we stand forth as Africa’s […]